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    Custom Expressions - formula in-line context

    Add functionality like found in other coding languages (R, SQL, even Excel) which would show preview text when creating a new custom expression. For example: When you start typing... dateadd( you would see something like... dateadd( 'increment'...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Keep formatting in cross table when display name of column changes

    When the display name of a column (cell value) in a cross table changes, the formatting settings are reset. This is highly annoying, especially when column names include a document property which is changed by a user. After each change, the format...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    please improve config.bat show-preference command

    please improve config.bat show-preference command, (1) remove option <-p value | --type=value>, because it's not documented and no way to know what it should be. (2) add option to show preference for a specific user. We need this to determin...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Please write preferences applied to WP/AS to ServiceConfig.<guid>.txt

    Please write preferences applied to WP/AS to ServiceConfig.<guid>.txt This information is available to Analyst only,e.g. Application.LibraryPreferences.EmbedAllData: False Application.LibraryPreferences.ForceEmbedAllData: False Application...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Display total elapsed time in file open details dialog

    Snowball's chance in hell, but what the hell. The open from library dialog shows fine grained detail on elapsed times for the various load operation components, and it all looks very impressive, but it does not add up the total elapsed time for th...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Put a cumsum line in as a possible set line for bar graphs

    This is a very common line on a bar graph
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire 4 Already exists

    Save marker shape settings as a file

    Color settings for markers such as scatter plots can be saved as a file (ColorScheme.dxpcolor) and can be easily copied to other scatter plots. Similarly, it would be convenient if shape settings for markers could be saved as a file.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    Improve map chart marker layer performance

    very slow compared to scatter plot, even though same type of plot. Rendering must complete before user can move on to next action Possibly related to Idea on sampling/previewing data.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Output column mapping replace column

    Outputting a column from a data function that maps to data table should be able to replace an existing column
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Map features / polygon transparency should affect the outline

    As the title says. Currently it only affects the fill transparency.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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